This opens the possibility for an energy-hydration drink designed both to maintain good hydration and to boost energy in athletes. Hydration is critical to maintain muscle function during prolonged, intense sports activities. Caffeine-based energy drinks are well accepted for giving people a power boost for endurance sports and/or everyday activities.

Tea & fruit juice make a great do-it-yourself (DIY) drink for power and hydration.

Bottled fruit juices vary greatly in the amounts of sugar that they contain. The Nutrition Facts label on your juice tells how much sugar it contains per 8 oz serving. Use the table below to dilute your chosen fruit juice to the exact sugar level that is needed in the energy-sports drink. The tea is brewed using part of the water from the recipe and then added to the other ingredients. Morton Lite Salt contains sodium chloride and potassium chloride. Add stevia natural sweetener if more sweetness or flavor enhancement is needed.

sugar per 8 oz serving

amount juice

amount water

amount tea

amount Lite Salt

8g

64 oz

0 oz

8 tea bags

1/4 tsp

12g

43 oz

21 oz

8 tea bags

1/4 tsp

16g

32 oz

32 oz

8 tea bags

1/4 tsp

24g

21 oz

43 oz

8 tea bags

1/4 tsp

32g

16 oz

48 oz

8 tea bags

1/4 tsp

40g

13 oz

51 oz

8 tea bags

1/4 tsp

48g

11 oz

53 oz

8 tea bags

1/4 tsp

PowerT Hydration Lemon-Lime energy-sports drink DIY recipe.

PowerT Hydration Lemon-Lime requires a modified recipe because these fruit juices provide little or no sugar. Therefore this recipe uses refined sugar or stevia natural no-calorie sweetener to balance the bitterness of the tea and the sourness of the citrus juice.

What energy-sports drinks do you use during prolonged, intense activities?

Please add a comment here to let me know if you try my PowerT energy-sports drink home made recipe. What kinds of teas and fruit juices do you like to make the best DIY energy-sports drinks? Let me know if you have a modified recipe or a different recipe that you like better than the PowerT Hydration Juice homemade DIY recipe described above.